{"id":3706,"date":"2009-11-24T09:36:09","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T09:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/11\/chris-matthews-old-yeller.html"},"modified":"2009-11-24T09:36:09","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T09:36:09","slug":"chris-matthews-old-yeller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/11\/chris-matthews-old-yeller.html","title":{"rendered":"Chris Matthews = Old Yeller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or so it seems, as he goes yelling after Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin over <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/11\/kennedy-says-he-is-barred-from-receiving-communion.html\">L&#8217;affair Kennedy. <\/a> <\/p>\n<p>My two cents: Tobin should have known what he was in for.  When you&#8217;re a Catholic bishop and a producer from MSNBC calls your office and asks if you&#8217;d like to be on &#8220;Hardball&#8221; with Chris Matthews, this is what happens.    <\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"339\" width=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/22425001\/vp\/34116440#34116440\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;\">Visit msnbc.com for <a style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\">Breaking News<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032507\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">World News<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/3032072\" style=\"text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;\">News about the Economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or so it seems, as he goes yelling after Rhode Island Bishop Thomas Tobin over L&#8217;affair Kennedy. My two cents: Tobin should have known what he was in for. 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